ISRAELI forces opened fire on protesters in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing at least 24 and injuring 134, Lebanese health officials reported. The dead included six women and a Lebanese army ...

RUSSIA has claimed that its troops had captured Velyka Novosilka, a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine. The Russian Defence Ministry announced the fall of Velyka Novosilka, which had ...

THE US has claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the US. This came ...

TENS of thousands of Greeks took to the streets in 110 cities on Sunday, as well as locations abroad, to demand justice for ...

WASPI campaigners have joined SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn to call on MPs to back his state pension compensation Bill tomorrow.

THE average advertised annual salary has topped £40,000 for the first time, new research suggests. The increase from £37,577 over the past year follows continuing demand for skilled staff and ...

A HOLOCAUST survivor has stressed the importance of being tolerant towards minority groups. Janine Webber, 92, hid under a wardrobe with her family before working as a shepherd and living in a convent ...

Today, the Welsh government announced plans to raise the family income threshold at which EMA can be claimed, adding 3,500 students to more than 16,000 already receiving it. The grant in Wales is £40, ...

SNP First Minister John Swinney says he will inspire a “new course” for NHS Scotland, promising patients’ experience will be “better than it is now.” ...

A survey published today has shown that a “significant” proportion of the population hold unfounded stereotypes about the abilities of older workers — with men, younger generations, and people who ...

ABOUT 500 workers at Scottish Water will be balloted for industrial action after the company’s failure to make a “fair and decent” pay offer to its workers, Unite has warned.

EVENTS will be staged in Britain and worldwide today to mark Holocaust Memorial Day – on the 80th anniversary of when, in 1945, the Red Army liberated the Nazis’ Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp ...